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John Breen
@breen.tech

A lot of people in the replies mad that I’m criticizing a Dem during an election. Say it with me: “criticizing a Democrat does not mean I want a Republican to win” No, I will not wait until after the election to give my opinion about someone.

John Breen
@breen.tech

For the record, I also thought he sucked for abandoning trans people

John Breen@breen.tech

There’s a problem with people saying politicians have to abandon certain groups in order to win (aside from it being wrong). If they do win, they generally don’t become massive advocates for the people they abandoned. If they can’t stand on principles to win, they won’t govern on those principles

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Zazecki
@zazecki.bsky.social

No politician has ever moved firmly left on an issue in office that they campaigned to the right on. It is always 'surprise, I actually don't care about progressive policy' and never 'fuck you conservative freaks, I can finally ditch you to enact real change'

Schlagzeug
@schlagzeug.bsky.social

It’s still not good, because if you campaign to the right, you will move the public to the right. It’s the reason the U.S. public has moved to the right; republicans realized they don’t have to pander to the left, but democrats haven’t gotten that memo for pandering to the right.